gettimeofday() vs. /proc/rtc

Truxton Fulton (trux@truxton.com)
Sun, 19 Jul 1998 11:37:49 -0700 (PDT)

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It takes 1000 microseconds to read /proc/rtc, whereas gettimeofday()
takes only 15 microseconds to complete. Both of these are way too
long. On my 133 Mhz 486, it seems like there should be a fine grained
timer that takes less than 1 microsecond to read... any suggestions?

-Truxton

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